Articles by Climate Solutions Fellow Sophie Hurwitz
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![A woman prepares an emergency kit for facing a natural disaster, placing a flashlight, first aid kit, medication, water, and other supplies into a go-bag.]()
![A woman prepares an emergency kit for facing a natural disaster, placing a flashlight, first aid kit, medication, water, and other supplies into a go-bag.]()
Your politics, age, and gender predict your disaster readiness
Disaster-readiness might depend more on who you are than where you live.
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![Utulity lines are seen in the hills above Oakland as the moon rises above them.]()
![Utulity lines are seen in the hills above Oakland as the moon rises above them.]()
The national fight for public power comes to Oakland
Oakland residents wanted to take a modest step toward ditching an investor-owned utility. Then PG&E got involved.
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![a large cylindrical piece of equipment with pipes behind a chain link fence]()
![a large cylindrical piece of equipment with pipes behind a chain link fence]()
Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas
A new state law that redefines natural gas as a “green” energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank.
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![Glenn Harris of the Bureau of Land Management surveys the scorched land of the watershed above Casatic Power Plant in the hills above Los Angeles.]()
![Glenn Harris of the Bureau of Land Management surveys the scorched land of the watershed above Casatic Power Plant in the hills above Los Angeles.]()
Pollution from wildfires can contaminate our water for up to 8 years, study finds
An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a wildfire.
